Overview
- Variety and other outlets report that composer Kris Bowers has been hired to write the score for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Hexed, which is set for theatrical release on November 25.
- Bowers says the score will blend orchestra, effected chamber woodwinds, synths and natural sounds with unconventional 'air' instruments such as bird-call whistles, wind wands, nose flutes, bottles, kazoos and transformed bird recordings.
- Hexed is an original-IP coming-of-age film that centers on a teenage girl drawn into a hidden witch realm and foregrounds a mother–daughter emotional core; Daniel Chong directs and the voice cast includes Hailee Steinfeld, Rashida Jones, Jodie Foster and Walton Goggins.
- The appointment leans on Bowers’ high-profile credits and awards recognition, including work on Haunted Mansion, an Academy Award nomination for The Wild Robot score, and a co-directing role on the Oscar-winning short The Last Repair Shop.
- Disney has been promoting Hexed with trailers, park tie-ins and an ESPN Monday Night Football preview, and a distinct, experimental score could help the film stand out in the crowded Thanksgiving box-office window.